UC Regents to have closed-door meeting on 'future of the LANL contract'
Really very odd that they cite 'security matters' as the excuse for the closed-door meeting. UC, with the strongest open door policy in the US, may find itself having to defend this decision to hold such a meeting not in public.
http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/jan16/doe-ro.pdf
Really very odd that they cite 'security matters' as the excuse for the closed-door meeting. UC, with the strongest open door policy in the US, may find itself having to defend this decision to hold such a meeting not in public.
http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/jan16/doe-ro.pdf
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Battelle Institute along with some previously interested universities (Univ. of Texas, Texas A&M and Univ. of NM) in a non-profit organization may be the best future for a LANL contract after LANS has left. The history of LANS at LANL has been a disaster. Only the bloated LANS management chain seems to have benefited from the for-profit contract mechanism.
Texas A&M and Battelle could be a winning team if they are interested. After the debacle of the most recent contract that has cast a very dark shadow over UC, it would not be surprising if Texas A&M joined many other top universities and declared "no interest in LANL."
"...here's another fine mess you've gotten us into... "
DOE in complete contrast has f##cked up everything they have breathed on.